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Call to re; By The College Press Service As many as 187,000 college students aero the country had their fall term plans cast in doubt Aug. 22, when President George Bu said he would soon call up military reservists support and replace troops already sent to tl Middle East. If and when the call comes, the studen would have to leave school abruptly, sometim unsure if they will have a place when they r turn or if the tuition money they paid will 1 wasted. "I don't know what frame of mind I'll be for my studies," said Junior Waldron, an Am reservist who is a sophomore engineering maji at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Ne York. No one knows exactly how many of the r servists subject to being called to active militai duty are college students. Joe Hanley, spokesman for the U.S. Arm Reserves, estimated that 61 percent of h group's 579,000 members are full- or part-tirr college students. Volunteer Continued servists migl _ The other branches of the military do not ^ ,ss keep figures on how many of their reservists are to students. sh Colleges themselves typically don't know 4< to how many of their students are subject to the tr military ? individuals can help solve prob- unteer v lems of society. tion's ir Over 86 percent of the volun- people, 1 teers said they feel that cuts in government spending on human The v< services requires an alternate man- unique < ner of reaching out to those in commur need. highlight ; Another 76 percent believe vol- teer opp< Handicapped ' is what most of them use. lations ac ' "Basically, we wanted people to "It s a 1 know that we are ticketing and we locations. - are lowing, Mariam saia. 111 auuJ ' There are 135 parking spaces on at '10' ' campus allotted for the 140 hand- ^ave icapped students. costs 530 Violate So far this semester, there have that if th been 32 violations recorded of handicap! people parked in handicap places, lice will said Bill Baker, director of Parking and if vie and Vehicle Registration. are waitir "There is no real pattern of vio- tow truck WE D LIKE REMIND YOU TI UNCENSORED C OK THIS NEWS1 MADE POSSII THE CONSTITU THE UNITED S THE GONSTIT1 The words we li\ To learn more about the Constitution write: Con D.C. 2o$qq. 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Ccx % * ? ng j vun_up. rt To find out, Drexel University in Pennsylva- c< ts nia set up a hotline Aug. 23 for any students or V es staff who would be affected by the Middle East e_ crisis, but received just four calls ? only one si x from a student reservist ? during its first week ir of operation, reported Vice President for Stu- c( jn dent Affairs Richard Woodring. cc ly 01 ar When Iraq invaded Kuwait, its small but oil- ^ w rich neighbor, Aug. 2, life became uncertain for w both students and their schools. ^ 1/ -y Soon after, President Bush sent 40,000 U.S. ^ troops to Saudi Arabia to defend aeainst a nos- th !y sible Iraqi invasion of that country, is Originally, Pentagon officials thought only ie 100,000 soldiers would be needed, but raised su the figure to 250,000 a week later. fu I from page 1 vork pays off in the na- themselves to the Ca iterest in terms of sheer community, lours and energy. McGrail stressed the role fair in "eliminating a lot of I Munteer fair will provide a from both sides." A stu< jpportunity for Columbia freed from venturing unknc lity service agencies to into the world of volunteer : their progressive volun- which can "often be intimk Mtunities and to introduce she said, whereas the ager Continued from page 1 ross campus," Baker said. pretty diverse set of BHPfl? ition to a $25 fine issued urs of the day, violators \JtfIT TM71 their cars towed, which W ALtL/Jtii COMPLE ?rs should also be aware ey park their cars in in SPORT SANDALS >ed spaces, university po- T? wait for the tow truck, * COLUMBIA SPOR dators return while police . VASQUE TECHN1 i&they must still pay the Hiking'Boots RAYBAN AND SE WOOLRICH, COL1 LOWE ALPINE, J? TO I WOOLRICH, TERI J AT TI IT? 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I Suddenly campuses were forced to ponder a gnificant number of students and staffers leavig mid-semester to serve. Course sections 1 Duld lose their instructors. School finances i 1 1_ _ JV r - 1 juia oe aisrupiea lr rewer siuaenis were arjnd to pay tuition and dorm fees. Students 1 emselves could have their studies interrupted, ithout a guarantee of being able to resume em when they returned to civilian life. \ Although there is a federal law that protects e jobs of workers who are called to duty, ere is no law protecting students, Hanley said. * To ease uncertainty among student reservists, irdue University published a detailed letter as- 1 iring students they would get their fees re- v nded and earn a certain amount of credit, de- N ending on when they withdraw. r o 1 i n a reciprocate with ease. 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